Hoddle expects hard time

Spurs Boss Glenn Hoddle believes that Fulham will prove a different proposition to any other team Tottenham have faced so far this season.

Talking to the Spurs Official Website ahead of tonight's clash at Loftus Road the former England Boss said:

"This one is going to be a bit different. You dig in in a different way, you're concentration has to be a little bit different.

"They'll be patient and you have to concentrate on your defending against them.

"You have to defend well, not so much in a battling 50-50 challenges sort of way and staying tight. The game will be a little bit more open in the sense that when they lose the ball the game will be open. The same if we lose it at times, because we are a passing side."

"There will be an expectation of a different game, although it is a small pitch there. It's a pretty cramped pitch so that brings it back in a bit and it could be a bit more of a battling game."

"They are a good footballing side, we managed to beat them three times last year, but that counts for nothing now. Unless they feel we've got a bit of an Indian Sign over them, but that's for them to deal with that and not for us to get complacent.

"We'll definitely be going across there in a positive frame of mind."

With no injury problems reported following the return of their internationals, Fulham have a full strength squad to choose from against Tottenham at Loftus Road.

The Cottagers will be looking to bounce back from their defeat by West Brom which halted their bright start to the season.